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in a perfect state in King Street. I 
gave chase, and it alighted on a mill 
window-frame : not having a net there 
at the time I struck at the insect with 
my hat, but missed it; then it flew to 
the top of an elm tree close hy. I left 
some parties to watch the insect till I 
went for my net, but on my return the 
insect had taken its flight without their 
seeing it : I have not since heard of any 
one capturing it. — Charles Roberts, 
Elm Street, Wakefield ; Aug. 30. 
Vanessa Antiopa. — Since my note of 
the 30th ult. this insect has been cap- 
tured by a schoolboy, not more than one 
hundred yards from the place where it 
was first seen, and is now in my posses- 
sion. — Ibid; Sept. 2. 
Vanessa Antiopa. — Ou Thursday last, 
when out with my gun, I had the plea- 
sure of seeing, but not capturing, a fine 
specimen of this insect: 1 watched it for 
a time sailing on the outskirts of a wood, 
sheltered from a stifBsh breeze blowing 
at the time. Now and then it would 
mount nearly to the tops of the trees, its 
flight resembling that of In more than 
any other butterflies I have seen on wing. 
At last it settled on a bit of rail : I had 
no net, so tried my hat, and missed it: 
a few strokes of the wing brought it 
within the influence of the wind, and in 
an instant it was lost to view. — “ Sic 
transit,” &c. I looked for it again on 
Friday and Saturday, but “ Never, never 
back again did that beauty come.” — 
C. Nelson, Pitcox by Dunbar ; Aug. 30. 
Colias Edusa in South Wales. — Passing 
through Llandaff, in the train, on the 
] 1th inst., I observed a Clouded Yellow 
flitting about the embankment : I have 
since visited the place, and succeeded in 
taking about a dozen, in fine condition, 
all males. Is it too early or too late for 
the females? I have known the latter 
sex taken in another locality as late as 
the 25th of September. I also took 
a fine specimen of the large Diptera, 
Asilus Crabroniformis. I likewise ob- 
served for a moment the elegant and 
rapid movements of Macroglossa Stella- 
tarum about the clover blossoms, but he 
would not be taken. — T homas Parry, 
Bank, Merthyr Tydvil ; Aug. 23. 
Colias Edusa and Hyale. — Within the 
last week I have captured ten specimens 
of Colias Edusa and one C. Hyale. I 
have a good many duplicates of C. Edusa, 
which I shall be happy to exchange for 
any of the following: — 
Arge Galathea, 
Leucophasia Sinapis, 
Hipparchia Semele, 
Erebia Blandina, 
„ Cassiope, 
Aporia Cratajgi. 
— Joseph Gedge, Bury St. Edmunds, 
Suffolk ; August 28. 
Colias Edusa at Uxbridge. — It may 
perhaps be useful to some of your London 
subscribers to know that, during the last 
few days, I have captured about sixty 
specimens of Edusa in the neighbourhood 
of Uxbridge. At the same place I also took 
Cardui in plenty. I have obtained several 
specimens of Atropos, both in the larva 
and chrysalis state, from potato-fields; 
one specimen was found on Carduus lan- 
ceolatus. — T. J. Stainton, 34, Belsize 
Road, St. John’s Wood ; Sept. 3. 
Larva: of Colias Edusa. — Feeling in- 
clined for a day’s collecting on the 5th 
inst., I sallied out, with umbrella, net 
and boxes, in the localities Edusa and 
Cynthia Cardui were most likely to be 
found in, and captured four dozen of the 
former aud two dozen of the latter, be- 
sides a beautiful (female) creamy variety 
of Edusa. On returning home I found, 
that one of the females of Edusa had 
deposited between forty and fifty eggs: 
I however neglected looking at them 
until a week after, when, lo! the eggs 
were empty of their late occupants : I 
succeeded in capturing one dozen of 
them ; then arose the question, What 
food? I took a sprig of the common 
white clover, .and saw with pleasure that 
